Improvement in clothes-driers



(91.) J. S. GRAY.

,improvement in Clothes Driers.

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JOBE s. GRAY, oF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AsSieNoR or ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO DEXTERA. REED, OE SAME rLAcE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHElVS-D'RIERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,378, dated January 2,1872.

V county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts.

My invention relates to a pendent clothesdrier, suspended byelasticcords or other suitable Springs in such a niannerthat the saiddrier may be drawn down to admit of the clothes being placed upon thesame, the elastic cords or springs yielding suiiciently therefor, andwhen released contracting' so as to raise the clothes and drier up aSuflicient height to allow free passage beneath the same.

Figure l is a perspective View of1 a clothesdrier embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is trans- Verse longitudinal central section ofthevsanie through dotted lines w y, Fig. l.

A A Arepresent bars or rods, which are attached at each end to thesupports or hangers B B. Projecting from the opposite or outside ci' thehangers are pins S S S, and'to the top ofthe hangers are attached theelastic rubber cords or springs D D, the upper ends Oi' which areprovided With suitable loops to hook upon hooks fastened to the ceilingoverhead.

Thus constructed, my apparatus is peculiar- Iyadapted to the airing anddrying of clothes near the ceiling of a room, Where the articles are outOf the Way, and, at the same time, kept in the warmest stratum of air.

The pins upon the hangers are for hanging up dresses or any articlesWhich it is not desirable to fold. Any number of bars or rods may beused, and in length from six to ten feet, more or less, according to thesize of the room or capacity oi' the drier desired.V A small cord may beattached to the lower bar or rod to drayir the drier down by and tosecure it fast While placing the clothes upon the same. Whenlet free theelastic-rubberlcords or springs D D contract and raise the drier andcontents up to near the ceiling in its former position, the springsbeing sufficiently strong and stiil for this purpose.

I claim as my inventionlhe combination ofthe springsD D With the hangersB B, pins S S S, and bars A A A, arranged in the manner described, forthe purpose set forth.

Witnesses: JOBE S. GRAY.

ROBERT F. NAYLOR, SYLVENUS WALKER. (91)

